It is with great sadness that the family of Garrett Wayne Wilson announces his passing. Garrett passed away June 4 at the age of 39 at Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital in Sugar Land, Texas after a brief illness. Garrett was born in Longview on November 24, 1979 to Delbert Ray and Lois Faye Wilson.

Upon graduation from Harleton High School, he attended John Brown University and graduated with a degree in Political Science. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Arkansas School Of Law.

He married the love of his life, Rebecca Lee Bollman on March 15, 2003.

After working in the oil fields, he began practicing law in Longview before moving to Sugar Land where he worked as a senior litigation team leader at Kwok Daniel Law Firm in Houston. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2005 and The State Bar of Arkansas in 2006, as well as being admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas. Garrett was named one of the "Top 40 under 40" attorneys in Texas by the National Trial Lawyers Association, and was consistently voted by his peers a "Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star," which placed him in the top 2% of all Texas attorneys in his age group.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois, his father-in-law, Johnny Bollman, his grandparents, and his brother-in-law, Joel Diffie, III.

Garrett is survived by his wife of 16 years, Rebecca Lee, children, Natalie Paige, Caroline Grace, and Benjamin Ethan, all of the home; his father, Delbert Ray of Harleton; his sister, Carmelita Stanley and husband Timmy of Harleton; his mother-in-law, Wanda Bollman, his sisters-in-law, Pebble Ward and husband Kevin of Forney, and Deborah Diffie-Brewer and husband Billie of Jefferson; numerous nieces and nephews as well as several uncles, aunts, and many cousins.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3:00pm at the Downs' Funeral Home Chapel, with Revs. Craig Evers and Billie Brewer officiating. The family will receive visitors on Friday from 5:00-7:00 at Down's Funeral Home. Interment will be at Smyrna Cemetery. The family asks that in leu of flowers, donations be made to a Memorial Scholarship in Garrett's honor being funded at the 1 ^st National Bank in Harleton.